In 2017 I set a goal of reading 52 books, and failed with only 31 books. In 2018, I was more methodical about accomplishing my goal. I started tracking my books publicly on Goodreads. My train commute from Boston to Providence also provided a lot of extra time for reading (when I probably should have been working instead). My final tally was 76 books in 2018 and you can see the full tally here if you are interested.

Favorite books (in the order that I read them)

• Principles by Ray Dalio
• The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson
• Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen
• Birth of a Theorem By Cedric Villani
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Educated by Tara Westover
• Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
• Sabriel by Garth Nix